Shabbat is the seventh day of the week, the original day of rest from biblical times that Jews traditionally welcome at sunset on Friday afternoon and celebrate all the way until Saturday night. Shabbat is a celebratory day of good food, community, and learning.

Every Friday at 6 PM, UMBC Hillel hosts Shabbat celebrations at the Interfaith Center. You can come for services (one more traditional, one more contemporary) at 6 PM, dinner at 7:15 PM, or both. Dinner is free, but we ask that you RSVP to Jordan Kritt by noon on the Wednesday before to let us know that you’ll be there. The entire UMBC community is welcome. Students host Shabbat lunch celebrations each week at noon. You can check out our calendar to see details about upcoming Shabbat celebrations.

We are grateful to the Nathan and Lillian Weinberg Family Foundation for generously supporting Shabbat at UMBC.

Shabbat menus include anything from “traditional” Eastern European cuisine such as chicken, kugel, and soup to tasty kosher Chinese food to Persian food.:

10/17

Shabbat in the Sukkah, catered by David Chu’s

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10/24

Homecoming Shabbat for Families and Alumni. Join us on campus at 5:45 PM for services followed by Shabbat dinner at 6:45 PM. We are pleased that Professor Robert Deluty of the Department of Psychology will offer greeting and share some of his poetry. The cost is $18 per adult, $10 per child under 13. Let us know if you’re coming by Friday, October 17.

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10/31

Halloween Shabbat

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11/7

Chinese Shabbat

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11/14

New Orleans Shabbat catered by Eden Cafe

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11/21

Shabbat catered by David Chu’s

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11/28

Thanksgiving… No Shabbat

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12/5

Board Game Shabbat (aka Dan Stone Shabbat) catered by Yaffa

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12/12

Relaxation Shabbat catered by Milk & Honey

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